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Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. What does it take to make it to the top? Meet some of the people recognized at the highest levels in their fields. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, filmmaker Sir David Attenborough and others reveal what it takes to achieve excellence. -
Encore Sundays, Oct. 29 - Nov. 19, 2023 at 6 p.m. / 6:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. A light-hearted murder mystery series starring a Vespa driving, crime solving Catholic nun. It's the 1960s and police forensics are rudimentary. Luckily the residents of Great Slaughter have a secret weapon. Sister Boniface. If there's evidence to be found, Boniface will find it, with a little help from dashing DI Sam Gillespie and buttoned-up Bermudan DS Felix Livingstone. -
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Explore the life and career of jazz luminary Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history. Featuring original concert footage and candid insights from jazz icons, "Finding the Right Notes" is a vibrant portrait of the artist in his own words. -
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. The grandson of Alabama slaves, Percy Julian met with every possible barrier in a deeply segregated America. He was a man of genius, devotion, and determination. As a black man he was also an outsider, fighting to make a place for himself in a profession and country divided by bigotry—a man who would eventually find freedom in the laboratory. -
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. no KPBS 2 / On demand now with PBS Video App. It's more than just a COVID hangover. The global economy is going to get worse before it gets better. But is a global recession inevitable? The heads of the World Bank and IMF share their plans to rescue the world economy. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV + Oct. 23 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Mind-altering drugs—or psychedelics—have been used for thousands of years. Today, scientists are discovering their potential for profoundly positive clinical impacts, helping patients struggling with afflictions like addiction and depression. -
Premieres Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Thursday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. What were the last days in Pompeii like before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago? The dazzling discovery of an intact wooden chariot, the only one ever found, provides new insight into the social classes of the ancient city. -
Encore Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Witness the great wildebeest migration in East Africa, the most impressive mass movement of land animals on Earth. Travel with two Maasai guides who expose today’s conflict between people and wildlife and share new ideas for co-existence. -
Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with PBS App. Examine the controversial shooting of 13-year-old Latino Andy Lopez by a Sonoma County deputy sheriff, the police investigation that followed, and the community’s efforts for historic reform of the sheriff’s office. -
Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: from elite soldier overseas to waging "spiritual war" in America. With the Associated Press, how Flynn emerged as a leading conspiracy theorist, from QAnon to "Stop the Steal" and his ties to Christian nationalism.
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